Me, Lemon drops and people that dislike me...

"Nothing can ruin a career faster than an office party"

Last night was my friend Erika's 21st birthday party. There are NO BARS open in Tupelo, MI on Sunday...NONE. So me and a couple other people took it upon ourselves to throw Erika a bash. It was a great one, she had her own bar and she had a wonderful time and spent half the night with her head in the toilet. Mission accomplished? Well...I guess as the night wore on I didnt think I had accomplished quit enough. You see....does anyone remember Taylor, my old roomie? Well....I was walking to my room and walked past 412....I'm 406 and I heard this huge outburst of laughter come from 412...so I stopped and relaized the person I was texting was in there and then realized that they were talking about my text and talking shit about me. Taylor's new roomie is Ali. I dont like these people but I never talk about it and I go about my own life. Ali on the other hand is a flat out crotch to me outside of work and sticks her nose up at me and then at work calls me "honey" "darling" "sweetheart" etc. This drives me crazy! She dont know me, dont throw your empty terms of affection down on me when you dont like me. Just be nice and do your job, right? Dont be fake is the point.

Well....before I knew it I had barged into their room and got really nasty with both of them. I was all like "Why the hell dont you like me? I haven't done shit to either one of you blah blah blah..." I dont feel bad about anything I said....but I do feel bad for barging in on them at 2:00 in the morning. I just got fed up. I wonder if I will get called into the office at work about this one. Eh...2 weeks left. I guess I dont really care. What I do care about is that maybe these 2 will learn something from my outburst. I learned that they dont like me because Taylor thinks I'm annoying because I say what I actually feel and Ali doesnt like the way I "treat people". As for Taylor being annoyed with me saying what I feel, I dont feel bad about that and he can deal with it...I value that quality in me. And as for Ali's comment, I guess I dont understand....I'm real with people and I dont sugar coat stuff. I dont go out of my way to be nice but I dont go out of my way to be mean. If i dont like you then I will be friendly and ask you how your day was but I'm not gonna ask you to go rollerskating with me, you know?

I wasnt even that drunk. When is the last time you had some sort of drunken confrontation?

phones lately...

I havent been so good with the phone lately. I'm not extremly busy or anything...maybe moderatly busy but not crazy busy where i cant call anyone back. It's a problem I have, I get into a phase sometime where I just dont wanna answer the phone Or call anyone. Dont take offense. It's almost the last 2 weeks of tour, maybe that has something to do with it. But i dont think so. I just dont know. but sorry.

FRIENDS

I LOVE THEM! Once again, I love the friends! Even more so...I love Joice for buying different seasons of friends. I dont watch T.V. I'm just not a T.V. guy. But on tour sometimes it's all there is to do. Commercials drive me crazy so having FRIENDS on DVD is AWESOME! Thank you Joice!

My second runner up is ROSEANNE but I dont have any of that on DVD yet.

What is everyone's favorite sitcom?

rehearsal pics

Just some random pics from rehearsal the other day. To the left is Miss Erika rehearsing one of her many new roles....this one was baby bear. And to the top right is half the cast rehearsing "sing a song" to get the new guy
in that replaced Count Von Count. And then to your bottom right....yes....indeed....all the boys on sesame street live are in fact big homo's...just a little proof. Thats Stephen, he plays Cookie.

Confessions Tour 2006

Madonna's "Confessions Tour 2006"' opened Sunday in Los Angeles. I have tickets for June 14th in Chicago! I cant wait! The set list was finally released so here it is.

What do you think of it?

?questions?

Sometimes when we play arenas there is a chalk board or a dry erase board in our dressing room because it's usually a locker room and the coach writes out some sort of what...i dunno...strategy (?) on the board. We (I) use it for other things. I like to ask the male cast questions...usually its a "would you rather..." question. By the way...the question "Would you rather give up food or sex" out of 7, 3 said sex and 4 said food. seriously? Anyway...I strayed away from the would you rathers and went with

"what celebrity would you want to carry your child? AND what celebrity would you carry a child for?" I said Liza Minelli and Nate Berkes....Liza because I just wanna see how the kid turns out and Nate Berkes because he is F-ing beautiful and sweet and kind and gorgeous...and...whatev.

so.....WHAT CELEBRITY WOULD YOU WANT TO CARRY YOUR CHILD AND WHAT CELEBRITY WOULD YOU CARRY A CHILD FOR???

and would you rather give up food or sex???

Muzzy VanHausimier....again.

Muzzy is sick again. I'm getting scared, sad and poor. daddy only has a job for 3 more weeks. this kitty needs to get healthy. Vets like to get ya for every last penny....but I just want him to get better!

P.s. My camera does my cat no justice-FYI-he looks evil in all these damn pictures! but he's not....

Miss Brandy Beavers

Introducing...the new Brandy Beavers. For those of you not familiar with Brandy she was the tour barbie on last seasons tour. My friend Carrie bought her for me and I bought her one and she named hers Sasha Summers. Brandy was WAY more popular. She became a star while Sasha became a meer sidekick. They drove around in a stylish jeep until Sasha crashed it in Hawaii....Sasha died...Brandy remains. Both of these are pics of Brandy....the one to the left is the new one.

Brandy was a blonde haired fashion crazed starlet. She spent most her time in Milan doing fahsion this and that but she also toured with ECB last year....just to "relax" after her wretched divorce from child star Leaf Garret. She occassionaly would do commentary about ECB on the show 60 minutes 2-airing only on a cable access channel in Alaska and Utah.She went through many a photo shoot when the company of ECB woould get a little tipsy. i dont have many of the photos today so instead I give you the new Brandy....the dirty Brand. It's all been down hill since her debut movie "Humingbird" hit rock bottom.

She is currently working on her debut solo album titled "Screwed"

She was asked never to return to the tour of ECB.

thinking

The thinking pose....


Courtesy of smackey studios

REBA

So I have recently discovered that REBA has been cancelled after 5 seasons. Believe it or not it was one of the top rated shows on the WB and I'm kinda miffed. It was however, picked up on some network called the CW for a mid season replacement and is scheduled to tape and air 13 episodes....i'm confused by this. 1) what the hell network is the CW? and 2) Why didn't the WB keep it. I know some of you may think I'm crazy but this show was seriously funny. You know I love the woman and I was very skeptical when the show first aired 5 years ago.....since then I have grown to love it and not just for Reba but the writing is actually pretty clever and Melissa Peterman (Barbara Jean, the big blonde) is freaking hilarious!! I was impressed, maybe thats because I set my standards low to begin with. I got attached and now it's gone for the most part. I wasnt expecting 10 seasons like "friends" or anything but was hopeing for at least 6 or 7. Ah well. I wonder if they cancelled it because of the absence of Scarlett Pomers (Kyra Hart-youngest daughter, pink shirt, long curly hair). She just wasn't on the show this last season because in real life she was and maybe still is struggling with an eating disorder. They didn't write her out or anything she just randomly dissapeared with no explanation. No "Kyra is at camp" or "Kyra got hit by a car"...just gone. At least they didnt replace her with another actress....I hope she is doing better.

Will someone please inform me of the 411 on the CW?!

MARY LOUISE PARKER

MARY LOUISE PARKER

Do you love her? I freaking love her.

Always have and always will.

Even if her movies are mainstreem they are still the shit.

I haven't even seen "Weeds" but may buy it on DVD just for her.

SHE IS BRILLIANT!?!?!

Do you love her? If NOT....why????

HAIR....again.

So as I wrote a little bit ago thatI went and saw "HAIR" twice when I was in Toronto. Well, when I was home in Chicago I dug and dug in my many packed up belongings for my original soundtrack recording...couldn't find it so I bought a new one. I'm glad I did, I got a bonus disc with it with tracks that were only in the off broadway production. Anyway...point is that I am once again obsessed with "HAIR". I cant help it. These two guys pictured I had huge crushes on through the entire show. Jamie Mcknight (top picture) is hot hot HOT and can sing like no other, he was brilliant beyond just being beautiful to look at. Zachary Stevenson(middle pic) is the one I had my crush on most of the evening, he was just tall and tone and slender and delicious....and later we ran into him and some others at a bar and hung with them. Katrina Reynolds (the girl) had me and my friend Erika over for drinks...thats when I found out Zachary was straight and that Katrina makes a mean cosmo.....and that Erika loves the porcelain god. This picture does not do Zachary justice. The show got mixed reviews but I thought it was excellent from start to finish. The reviewer below at one point says "Why revive HAIR? why NOW?"....my response to that is WHY NOT NOW??? I wish this show was playing on Broadway right now. America could use it. I mean....why now? Why "the wedding singer-the musical" now? Dont ask a stupid questions like "why now?" when it comes to HAIR. There is never a wrong time to revive it! Me likey and wish I could see again before it closes in 5 weeks. If you get to Toronto any time soon check it out!


Groovy 'Hair' opens in Toronto
Production steps back in time to Let The Sunshine In, once again
By STEVE TILLEY-- Toronto Sun



TORONTO - Unkempt, sexy, colourful and maybe in need of a little trim here and there -- that's hair, and that's Hair.
From the beads-wearing flower children distributing hand-rolled fatties to audience members taking their seats (no word on whether the herbal contents were real, but I'd assume not) to the genuinely heart-plucking finale of Let The Sunshine In, the '60s have been reborn in a single evening.
Or so I assume. Hair-aware columnist Jim Slotek was supposed to be reviewing last night's CanStage premiere of the tie-dyed musical at the Bluma Appel Theatre, but was called out of town unexpectedly to talk to Jimmy Buffett. Long story.
Into the breach steps yours truly, born the same year the show is set (1968) and completely virginal, Hair-wise. Never saw the Milos Forman movie, never got high to the LP soundtrack, never heard of most of the songs save for the unavoidable pop culture troika of Aquarius, Good Morning Starshine and Let The Sunshine In.
But that's OK. Hair isn't so much a story peppered with songs as it is a whole bunch of songs -- 48, to be exact -- telling the story of the Tribe, a group of New Yorkers embracing the dawning of the Age of Aquarius with open hearts, blown minds, and lots of sex.
They love, they sing, they take baby steps towards social responsibility and equality, they protest the war in Vietnam -- the Iraq war parallels resonate less profoundly than you might assume -- and they lose one of their number to those jungles on the other side of the world. And, well, that's about it.

Under the deft and confident direction of Robert A. Prior (who is smooth of pate and probably tired of the obvious jokes), the cast of 19 young, pretty and impossibly energetic actors do the unexpected by convincingly finding a balance between character and caricature. By the time the two-and-a-half hours are up, you'll love them all unconditionally, and not just because you've seen them completely naked during the famous nude scene at the end of Act 1.
(Curiously, for a show called Hair, many of the actors have almost none of the stuff below the neck. No self-respecting hippie would wax his chest or trim her, um, Garden of Eden.)
Once the familiar music and great voices and creative set design and trippy projected visuals have faded away, though, you have to wonder: Why revive Hair, and why now? It's too cool to be kitschy but still too far removed to feel truly relevant.
Still, it's happy-sad-sexy-fun. Almost enough to make a guy believe this mythic '60s thing really happened. And almost enough to make him nostalgic for something he never actually saw.

Columbia, MO

We are in Columbia, MO this week. It is like the arm pit of america. But for some reason the boys be real cute. There is this one local tech guy that is positively delicious, his name is Josh. The cast is comparing him to this local tech guy from Chicago, his name was Ray....he was seriously a slice of pumpkin pie....and I love me some pumpkin pie. But Josh doesnt compare to Ray in any shape or form.

See, every week there is usually one hot local that works backstage. The cast talks about this person all week to decide wether they are gay or straight and which one of us has shot. Seldom do any of us hook up with them but it provides endless entertainment backstage. I mean lets face it...most of us are single and out on the road...we are lonely, a little eye candy never hurt nobody!

We also welcomed a new cast member today...his name is Andrew and he will stepping into the role of Count Von Count. He just flew in today and started rehearsing when we finished our shows today. This is his first job as a costume character.....he is scheduled to go in on Wednesday for his opening. Welcome and Good luck Andrew!

Ever been to Missouri?

weebles wobble....

So in the last month performers have been dropping like flies....seriously.



Emily Conway (Yellow Pallette) left when her boyfriend of 4 years broke up with her. She left to start life a new....which i'm sure you can all appreciate on one level or another. We miss her! She was replaced by Erika Twining who was playing Ernie. And Ernie was replaced by vet Joy Carlson. We love her!









Then down went Emily Turay(Grover/medium understudy) on a peaceful walk back to the hotel one night from dinner she fell and broke her foot. She was also replaced by Erika Twining....its more confusing than you think.















And yesterday Mr. Keith Oliver(count von count), who has been on this tour with me since i started last year in January, left due to what can only add up to as physical exhaustion. We all wished him well this morning.....there is nobody to replace him. With 3 weeks left its hard to get someone to come out on the road.

the simple life...

It's all wrong, but it's all right. I love these bitches! The Simple Life 4: housewives will premier on E! June 4th. I just hope that I am in a hotel that has the E! channel. Okay so I know it wont be the same, they totally didn't shoot any of it together. I did hear that they shot the first and last scenes of the season together but only time and crappy reality TV will tell me what truth is in that....right? I now own and have watched all of seasons 1, 2 & 3...and I'm not really ashamed. I even got some people hooked on it. It's addicting....I swear.

What is your blurred reality addiction? If you say "Date my mom" you have no room to give me crap for Paricole.

How I Paid For College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theatre

I loved this book! My friend Amanda lent it to me and knew I would love it....and I did! She lent it to me like 3 months ago and when I got it, it just so happened EVERYONE in the cast was reading it and then passing it on so in an effort to not be like everyone else I first read "The Heartbreaking Work of a Staggering Genius"...while that was good, it doesnt compare. Granted "how I paid for college" was a pretty easy read but it was just brilliant! the other strange thing was that this kid was kinda me in some parts, it was weird. Everyone that just read that previous sentence who has read the book notice I said I was like him in SOME parts....not be confused with ALL parts...K?

We all know I suck at giving the 411 on a book so below is someone's efforts from amazon.com, enjoy....and just go read the book!


How I Paid For College is a funny and sweet coming of age novel--with lots of sex, for a change. Ed, the narrator-protagonist, is about to enter his senior year in high school and his main goal in life is to go to Julliard, but his business-oriented dad decides that Julliard won't get him anywhere in life, so he won't pay for it. Ed and his amusing friends set off on a quest to come up with the cash to pay for college. It's 1984, so college isn't quite the expensive proposition we now know it to be, but Ed still has got to come up with quite a chunk of change. The novel isn't really about with getting money for college, it is really about getting the courage to see who you truly are. Ed realizes his own sexuality, as do most of his friends. They also become comfortable in their roles in high school (as "Play People") and by the end of the novel are pretty well-adjusted 18-year olds. This is a charming novel for many reasons. Ed is a lovable narrator and his sarcastic, cynical and hilarious look at the New Jersey suburbs in the early 80s is priceless and hilarious. This novel will make you laugh out loud and will always keep you smiling. Enjoy.

Muzzy VanHausimier

hey everyone! Muzzy is doing better. He is back home and he can potty now. He just needs a change in his diet and some loving. My roomie Niki has been awesome and took care of him so well! THANK YOU NIKI!!!

Muzzy VanHausimier

this is my Muzzy

My Muzzy is sick

He is currently at the animal hospital in Chicago

He can't go potty

I miss him

Poses

It didnt work...this was the madonna picture that was in my mind when this picture of me was taken but it just didnt work huh? whatev.

i didnt really have a black eye but it kinda looks like it huh?

The High Life Lounge

So this week is a split week. For those of you not familiar, it is exactly as it sounds. first half of the week in one city and the second in another. The first half was spent in Des Moines, IA and the second half we are currently finishing out in Springfield, IL. Neither one of the cities have a terrible lot to offer but here we are.

In Des Moines me, Doc, Chereese, and Joy went to a place called the "high life lounge". As cheap beers go I have forever been a fan of miller high life...the champaigne of beers. I love it... love it. Well, I prefer a good pale ale but if i have to go cheap I can handle some high life. This place looked like a bowling alley when you walked in and it was actually carpeted....a bar with carpet-true story. they had all the miller high life you could want! Anyway, we spent some time there and then Doc and I went on to visit the gay bar of Des Moines called "Faces". A fight broke out and it was funny.....and that was that.

Springfield is kinda boring. As was Des Moines. The last half of the east coast leg of this tour really blows compared to the last part of the west coast tour last year. Ah well....at least I'm employed....um.....for 4 more weeks. hm.

What's your favorite beer?

Reba in South Pacific

Last April Reba performed along with Lilias White, Alec Baldwin and Brian Stokes Mitchell in a one night only concert version of South Pacific at Carnegie Hall. It recently aired on PBS and just last week was released on CD and DVD.

I have always disliked "South Pacific" almost with a passion. but Reba was in it so of course I was gonna watch it. her acting was...."trite" (but I still love her) and you cant really blame her...Most of it was really good except for a couple scenes where she had to get all emotionary and stuff (made it up) and it just seemed kinda forced. Beyond that it was brilliant! She sang the shit out of everything! The only problem was at the end of the song "honey bun" when she sang the lyric "Save me some turkey" she had this faced that was like "I didnt mean to do that" and the note wasnt pretty....but she kept on truckin'.

does anyone else enjoy reba?

Strangers With Candy

It's Official! Strangers With Candy: the movie will be released June 18th in New York City and Nationwide in July. I CANT WAIT!!!

I love love love this show and although I havent heard the greatest things about the movie I need some new Jerri Blank in my life. Amy Sedaris is brilliant!

You can see a teaser trailer at www.strangerswithcandymovie.com .....you should go there now.

What T.V. show would you most like to see made into a movie?